Here are some of the kids we were trekking for

Drawing classes

view from Heaven's Gate teahouse

our route

OUR GUIDES

NIMA AND HIS WONDERFUL PORTERS,
GUIDED US TO OUR'LUXURIOUS'QUARTERS,(hardly)
STOPPING US FALLING,
SMILES EVERY MORNING,
AND MAKING MASALA TEA

OUR AMAZING GROUP

we all made it, amazing achievement

ME AND SIS

Welcome to my blog, I'm going to try and keep it up to date with photos, drawings and a diary of the trek. Here is my mini fundraising card that I will whip out and give to all unsuspecting potential sponsors.

HOW DID THIS HAPPEN?

photo circa 1965

I don't know how this happened but my sister got me to sign up with her for a 6 day trek in Nepal in March. I must admit, I do like the occasional walk with the dogs around the block, but 6hrs UPHILL trekking for a whole week is way beyond my ability. Training started last week; getting up at the crack of dawn was the first challenge having not seen daybreak since the school runs finished 3 years ago. All training blogs/manuals etc recommend at least a 3 month slow build up, so with only 39 days to go things are really quite desperate. Luckily we have a really steep road up to our house so I am trudging up and down every morning while two bewildered dogs sit waiting for me at the top.